Trooper: Two girls involved in Wamogo heroin incident

LITCHFIELD >> Two girls were involved in a reported drug incident at Wamogo Regional High School on March 5, according to a resident state trooper. Jim Holm, a resident trooper in Litchfield, said one of the girls told the school they had heroin, and one of them was sent to hospital afterwards.

The incident is still being investigated state police, and Holm is not the investigating officer. He said one of the girls may be a minor, and that he did not know their ages or the amount of drugs that they were said to have. The girl was sent to hospital because of anxiety, Hollm said. There was no overdose at the school and there have been no arrests made. A state trooper who declined to give out his name last week stated that at least one of the girls was a student at the high school.

The incident sparked an ongoing discussion between local parents, with some expressing their concerns over youth drug use on Facebook. Heroin is making a comeback, especially among young people in the area, according to Bob Coyne, chief probation officer and regional manager of the state’s judicial branch, who spoke at a drug awareness and prevention workshop at the Litchfield Community Center Monday.

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Wamogo Regional High School Principal Bill Egan and Superintendent Edward Drapp had not returned multiple calls for comment as of Monday evening.

Reach Shako Liu at 860-489-3121 ext. 316.

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